Diagnostic Information and Acupuncture and Herbal Treatment of Heart Yin Deficiency
Heart Yin Deficiency - Basics
Similar to Blood Deficiency but with more anxiety and restlessness, palpitations, insomnia, dream disturbed sleep, easily startled, poor memory, fidgeting, mallor flush, night sweats, heat in the 5 palms, dry mouth.
- Tongue Diagnosis - Theory
Red or peeled w/no coat.
- Pulse Diagnosis - Theory
Floating, empty or Thin, fast.
Heart Yin Deficiency - Related Acupuncture Points
The following (7) acupuncture points may be useful for heart yin deficiency. A subset of these could potentially be useful with acupressure stimulation and/or tongren therapy methods as well.
Generally treatment would be based on the TCM patterns listed above instead of selecting points by function alone, (see general points selection rules.)
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Heart Yin Deficiency - Formulas From Our Store
The following herbal formulas are potentially useful in the process of treating heart yin deficiency. For a complete list from our store with more details see our heart yin deficiency formula section.
- An Shen Bu Xin Wan
- Chai Hu Long Gu Mu Li Wan
- Gan Mai Da Zao Wan
- Quiet Calm Liquid Extract – Pediatric
- Sorig Tibetan Stress Incense
- Tian Wang Bu Xin Wan
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The following (6) TCM Herbal Formulas May Be Useful For Heart Yin Deficiency
An Shen Bu Xin Wan
- Calm the Shen and Supplement the Heart Pills
- Insomnia and palpitations
- Anxiety, possible difficulty with concentration
- Irritibility and restlessness
- Tinnitus
- Calm The Spirit
- Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Wan
- Bupleurum, Dragon Bone, and Oyster Shell Formula
- Palpitations, anxiety, restlessness, agitation/irritibility, and insomnia from heat due to liver yang or fire.
- Mental disorders such as including biopolar and schizophrenia resulting from distrubed shen.
- This formula is useful for treating symptoms of addiction recovery.
- Calm The Spirit
- Sedate and Calm the Spirit
Gan Mai Da Zao Wan
- Licorice, Wheat, and Jujube Formula
- Anxiety/depression/manic issues with a tendency towards losing self-control (crying fits, excessive yawning, etc.) that result from the combination of heart yin deficiency and liver qi stagnation.
- Insomnia, possibly with vivid dreaming and heart palpitations.
- Post-partum depression and milder symptoms of menopause.
- Calm The Spirit
- Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
Sheng Mai San Wan
- Generate the Pulse Pills
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- Tonify
- Tonify the Yin
Sheng Mai Yin Wan
- Replenish Pulse Pills
- Dry mouth, dry skin, dark or scanty urine from yin and fluid deficiency.
- Fatigue, shortness of breath, and spontaneous sweating.
- Tonify
- Tonify the Qi
- Cautions
- Use with caution for patients that present with heat signs.
Tian Wang Bu Xin Wan
- Emperor of Heavens Special Pill to Tonify the Heart
Anxiety, insomnia, irritability, night sweats, low grade fever, restless sleep, poor memory, poor focus and concentration, nocturnal emissions, dry stools.
Pulse will be thin and rapid and the Tongue will be red with little coating.
- Calm The Spirit
- Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
Heart Yin Deficiency - Conditions and Possibilities
The Chinese Medicine treatment of heart yin deficiency generally involves being certain that this pattern is the proper diagnosis. Each pattern may have multiple conditions and each condition may arise from one or more patterns (see treating the cause and not the symptoms).
The following 12 conditions may arise from heart yin deficiency . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.
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